While many siblings may look alike, act alike, or be alike, my brother and I could not be any more different. I am short, but he is very tall. I have short dark brown hair, freckles, and green eyes. He has short light brown hair, no freckles, and blue eyes. He has always been strong, but I am not. He has big hands and feet; my feet, and especially my hands, are very small. When we were children, he was always skinny, whereas I was stout. Now, we are both in shape! That is probably the only physical characteristic we share now.
In addition to our physical differences, we also have nearly opposite personalities. He is very nervous and frazzled. I am low-key and more easygoing. He is very worried about what other people think and say about him, but I really do not care. When he has a problem, he just worries about it, but when I have a problem, I try to fix it. He also really is in woe of the mistakes he made in the past and still feels very iniquitous about them. In contrast, I try to learn from my mistakes, but leave the past in the past so I can focus on the present and the future. He can be antagonized very fast, especially with our mother. On the other hand, I am more indulgent, and things do not really have pesters on me.
Finally, our lifestyles are very different. He is married and lives in a townhouse in York, Pennsylvania. I am single and live in a house in Lusby, Maryland. I love old possessions. He loves to buy new clothes and hates old belongings. I rarely buy anything new, especially clothes and shoes. The shoes I am wearing now cost $20.00-$30.00 in Wal-Mart or Payless. He probably spends $80.00 or more for one pair of shoes. He likes to cook sumptuous food and go to a great deal of immoderate restaurants. I cook with a microwave and rarely spend more than $15.00 on dinner at a restaurant. He has two cats. I have three dogs. He reads Harry Potter. I watch television. I work in a student environment. He works at a company who installs countertops. He has children. I do not.
In conclusion, I cannot imagine having a brother who is less like me than he is. We have almost nothing in common and only see each other on birthdays and holidays. We have the same mother but a different father; we grew up in the same place, and had the same discipline. So why are we so divergent?
